Remember the 2020 Tokyo Olympics that was postponed to the summer of 2021 due to the Covid19 pandemic? Well, it finally started in July 2021, and in Tokyo, the originally scheduled location for it. Though it has been a long road for the athletes who had prepared years ahead for the Olympics, the football federation (FIFA), which had invested heavily in preparation as well as sports lovers, who had bought tickets ahead for the Olympics, booked flights and made travel arrangements for it.
Note that the Olympics brings a total of 11,000 athletes from 200 countries, who are expected to participate in 33 sports, with millions of spectators expected each year. Now that the Olympics eventually started, the audience is not disappointed, as the games are as fierce and interesting as ever, despite the many restrictions due to the pandemic. Athletes are encouraged to arrive soon before and depart almost immediately after their competition, and there are almost no spectators at most of the events. Instead, viewers are encouraged to view from home, as only about 1,000 individuals were able to attend the Olympics. However, the International Olympic Committee had reported that 69.4m people in Japan watched the 2020 Olympics on TV, this is a far higher viewing number than expected.
There are games such as Rhythmic Gymnastics, Basketball, Track & Field, Football, Baseball, Water Polo, Field Hockey, Diving, Skateboarding, Canoeing, Beach Volleyball, Synchronized Swimming, Gymnastics, Boxing, Badminton, Swimming, Equestrian, BMX Freestyle, Golf, Fencing, Handball, Rugby, Judo, Indoor Volleyball, Rowing, Sailing, BMX Racing, Table Tennis, Kayak, Water Polo, Weightlifting, Shooting, Archery, Taekwondo, Triathalon, Fencing, Surfing, Softball,
With athletes such as Kathleen Dawson, Win Htet Oo, Jade Jones, Sandro Bazadze, Kim Junghwan, Sean Ingle, Caeleb Dressel, Lizzie Deignan, Elijah Winnington, Henning Muhlleitner, Cate Campbell, Emma McKeon, Katinka Hosszu, Emma Weyant, Richard Carapaz, Ana Luisa Montenegro, Kawika Shoji, Erik Shoji, Ana-Maria Popescu, Sun Yiwen, Niyah Huston, Yuto Horigome, Sora Shirai, Bradly Sinden, Naomi Osaka, Saisai Zheng, Andy Murray, Ash Barty, Sara Sorribes Tormo, Marianne Vos, Lauren Price, Kanoa Igarashi, Gabriel Medina, Kieran Pender, Tomainy Carayol, Max Whitlock, Wout van Aert, Tadej Pogacar, Geraint Thomas, Aron Szilagyi, Luigi Samele, Alberto Bettiol, Gianni Moscon, Damiano Caruso, Naohisa Takato, Yang Yung-wei, Elizabeth Seitz, Kieran Pender, Chris McHugh, Damien Schumann, Charlotte Fry, Charlotte Dujardin, Carl Hester, Betsy Hasset, Christian Press, Vito dell’Aquila, Mohammed Khalil Jendoubi, etc. The Tokyo 2020 Olympics has been nothing short of exciting and entertaining for the global audience.
Are there scares of contracting Covid among athletes, participants, and the media during the Olympics? Yes, they are. Athletes have been encouraged to come to the stadium an hour before their game and also leave immediately afterward. Also, there’s a leaked conversation where presenter Orla Chennaoui, was overheard saying she would prefer not to interview any Spanish cyclists after the men’s road race because a team masseuse had tested positive for Covid the previous day. All in all, the 2020 Tokyo Olympics has been worth the long road
